Two Notes Torpedo Captor 16 Ohm Load Box With Attenuator/Cab Simulator #TNCAPTOR16

Two Notes TORPEDOCAPTOR16 Details

With its advanced reactive load technology, the Torpedo Captor 16 delivers the most authentic speaker-like feel and tone, while its 16 cabinet simulations provide a broad range of sound options to fit any style or genre.

The Torpedo Captor is the little brother of the award-winning Torpedo Reload. Captor is an easy to use reactive loadbox perfect for unleashing your favorite tube amp in a variety of modern applications and venues. If you just require attenuation from your amp to your cab, Captor has you covered. And if you want an easy and modern way to record your tube amp, Captor is simply "load" and record !

You love the sound of your amplifier pushed right to the magic sweet spot where the best tones are. Until now, the only available option was blasting your sound through a 4×12″ to properly excite a microphone. Enter Torpedo, the simplest and most realistic way to get your sound to your audience. Use the amp you love!

Everything that makes a real amp rule over all the other alternatives is retained. You can even record silently late at night. Gone is the backache from the loadout, complaints from neighbours, venue staff or even bandmates and the frustration of not being able to sound at one's best trying to reduce the volume.

Torpedo Captor was designed to cover the needs of direct recording or miking any kind of guitar or bass amp, in a live or studio situation.

The Torpedo technology was created as a solution to the high pressure musicians commonly have to deal with: lack of time, limited gear availability, loud amplifiers they cannot play at desired volume, or bulky and heavy cabinets to carry. In addition, many musicians are more comfortable with their analog amplifier and effects pedals, and are reluctant to perform using digital modeling systems that may compromise their playing style and sound.

Two notes has developed a unique technology based on an adaptation of convolution techniques. Starting with the measurement of an actual cabinet + microphone setup, the Torpedo products embedding digital processing can accurately reproduce the system as it was measured, as well as the microphone's position in space. In order to take full advantage of these digital algorithms, the audio design of the highest quality guarantees a huge dynamic range and tone fidelity, and concurs in bringing the ultimate playing experience.

The impulse response (IR) of a system describes it behavior under the form of a very detailed filter. The convolution technique uses IRs to simulate the behavior or particular systems, such as reverbs, speakers, EQ, etc.

It is the most accurate way to simulate sound signatures that are linear (i.e. without distortion) and time-invariant (i.e. no effect like modulation, compression, hysteresis…). It is particularly well suited for speaker miking simulation.

The Torpedo Captor comes with a Torpedo Wall of Sound plugin license. Torpedo Wall of Sound offers a "virtual" alternative to traditional miking to achieve a degree of realism never experienced previously with simulators. The musician simply plugs the Torpedo Captor in place of his/her cabinet, connecting the amplifier's speaker output to it and without modifying any of his/her usual settings (or connected effect pedals as applicable). From there, the Torpedo Captor Loadbox output signal can be sent to any microphone preamplifier and that signal recorded thanks to your DAW on a track embedding the Torpedo Wall of Sound plugin.

Torpedo Wall of Sound comes with a library of 16 cabinets and 8 microphones among the most commonly used models in the world. You will achieve perfect virtual miking by choosing one cabinet and one microphone, and fine-tuning the position of the microphone in front of the cabinet.

Tube Stage Output
Torpedo Wall of Sound handles any kind of instrument track. When using a guitar/bass preamplifier with other speaker emulators, the guitarist/bassist may miss the power amplifier's contribution to the overall sonic texture. Many musicians get their sound from some particular use of that element and the Torpedo Wall of Sound offers you the possibility to do the same.

Two notes has developed an original tube stage modeling, which allows you to choose between 4 different tube models in Push-Pull or Single Ended configurations. You can push this tube stage like a conventional amplifier and look for that subtle yet particular distortion.

If the Torpedo Wall of Sound is used as a super-DI for keyboards, this feature that was originally developed for guitarists and bassists can also be very interesting to warm-up the sound of a synthesizer, organ or a digital piano.

Post FX section
During a guitar/bass sound miking session, it is a common practice to apply some essential processes on the signal before sending it to the recorder or the front mixing console.

In Torpedo Wall of Sound, you will find most of those essential processes for the control of your sound, no matter what situation and type of instrument:

• 6-band parametric equalizer with three modes (guitar, bass and parametric),
• 2-band exciter to give the sound a certain character, or to add presence, or "air", in the sound,
• a powerful compressor to control the signal's dynamics.
• a reverb

Arcade mode
Arcade and Simulation are two different types of presets that can be saved within Torpedo WoS. We borrowed the concept of Arcade VS Simulation from the world of video games.

The Arcade preset mode is usually the easy way to, for example, drive a race car. You can hit obstacles, other cars, you can still win the race. We recommend that for your first experience with Torpedo Wall of Sound you start with the Arcade preset mode to get more familiar with the concept of virtual miking.

The simulation preset mode is not for beginners and requires more experience and knowledge about how the car actually works, depending on many tiny but still important parameters (weather, type of tires, track design…). In that preset mode you will gain access to the full list of parameter, to fine tune your sound and make it perfect to your ears.

Specifications:

Input / Output

• Speaker Input : 1/4″ Jack unbalanced (TS)
• Speaker Attenuated Output : 1/4″ Jack unbalanced (TS)
• Attenuation: -20dB
• Speaker Thru* : 1/4″ Jack unbalanced (TS)
• Directly connected to Speaker Input
• *Loadbox disconnected when in use
• Line Output* : 1/4″ Jack balanced (TRS)
• Impedance: 1000 Ohms
• Phase switch
• Ground lift *Without speaker simulation
• DI Output : XLR balanced
• Impedance: 600 Ohms *With or without speaker simulation

Analog speaker sim

• Guitar : based on Brit VintC DynIR Cabinet - Dyn57 Microphone
• Bass : based on Fridge DynIR Cabinet - Cnd87 Microphone

Reactive Load Box

• Impedance : 16
• Max admissible power : 100W RMS
• Safety system : Temperature-controlled fan, Active thermal safety

Power

• Input voltage : Phantom power or 9-12V DC jack, 2.1×5.5mm, negative center.
• Current draw : 5mA
• Power input connector: DC connector, 2.1mm x 5.5mm, center negative
• Power is required only for the XLR DI output and analog speaker sim

Dimensions & weight

• Width x Depth x Height*: 12.6cm x 17.5cm x 6.2cm - 4.9″ x 6.7″ x 2.4″
• *Including connectors and knobs
• Weight: 1000 g / 2.2 lbs

With the Torpedo Captor 16, players can recreate the sound of the most popular speaker cabinets, from vintage classics to modern high-gain monsters.